The story of distillers grains going into the future will largely be driven by exports, according to Steve Markham from CHS, Inc.

Markham spoke about issues that will affect the future sales and marketing of distillers grains Wednesday at the 18th Annual Distillers Grains Symposium in Dallas, hosted by the Distillers Grains Technology Council.

Markham said he is bullish on exports because the U.S. ethanol industry has developed a lot of good, long-term export customers who are happy with how their livestock responds to U.S. dried distillers grains. To prove his point, Markham shared that in the 2006-07 marketing year, ...